[Graceymc96]

Just a question: when you close it, do you think you'll get done with the judging tonight?

[azemyc]

Just a question: when you close it, do you think you'll get done with the judging tonight?

Most likely not. ;v;
It'll be 11 pm my time when I close, and I've been running really weird hours for sleeping and what not??
it'll be judged tomorrow night, depending on my traveling schedule for thanksgiving.

[Purple Umbreon]

username; Purple Umbreon
name; Rigamortis
gender; Male
what do they do to convince others that they are harmless?; Mostly smiling a lot and handing out flowers, sadly they are mostly dead flowers; also any plant he picks withers but he truly means well. because of they way they look, people are still scared of them, but they still try their very best to make friends. He also wears peppermint scented cologne, it has a calming effect to it

[quietlights]

username; a s h e s .
name; Obscurité - meaning "darkness" - also called "Mort" and "Oby"
gender; male
what do they do to convince others that they are harmless?;
For starters, Oby avoids eye contact at all costs for fear that someone will feel threatened or challenged by his gaze. The main thing that this plume does to appear non threatening is to wear one of his many charms. He has a vast assortment of rocks and minerals, and Mort strongly believes that each one has a special power. He wears a blue geode necklace constantly in hopes that it will reveal his true nature and help people look past his appearance.

[Scei]

username; Miss. Scei

name; Void, but prefers Free

(a play on one definition of void; completely lacking, or free of subjects)

gender; Male

what do they do to convince others that they are harmless?;

When confronted with one, or more new people, Free prefers to stay silent. Letting them judge him as he performed now normal actions, if they decide him to be harmless, then I will be. However he will not be afraid to fight back physically or psychologically if said to be otherwise. He does not tolerate others being rude to him because of his looks.

When being judged, often things he will do is stay still or sit, he will often pick at what is under his paws, whether it is grass, cement, pebbles, stones, flowers, etc. He will choose to answer questions with little to no words and will try to appear as lonely as possible, quietly whining to himself, or sighing. When approached closely he will perk his ears and back away, his head low. He will take wide precautions as to not upset the other person, if the proposes no initial threat, Free will act nicely, and welcoming, coming on how the day is nice or positively on the other persons appearence.

With friends free will act as he would by himself, free and easy going although when fighting he will choose his action carefully, even play-fighting. He would cheer over things he likes, and boo at things he doesn't, same as any other person, besides his added cautiousness.

[SkySmoke]

Username: SkySmoke ~ Name: Isra - meaning nocturnal journey ~ Gender: Female

What do they do to convince others that they are harmless?

"How do I convince others that I'm harmless?" She smiles slowly, her dark eyes sparkling as she contemplates her answer for a second. "I wear a disguise and I tell lies. Not the type of disguise you might wear on halloween...no. My disguise is woven from sarcasm and empty promises. My lies are often the very things you want to hear. I don't do this on purpose, but no one is harmless. We are all capable of harming others in some capacity. Broken hearts, broken trust, broken promises; we're all capable of breaking each other, which is far from harmless.

Some of us break others on accident. We simply fall out of love, fall out of touch, get busy with life. It doesn't make the ones left behind feel any less broken, but it is at least some form of solace. It happens to everyone after all.

Then there are others, like me, who often break those around us on purpose. It doesn't start out that way of course, but in the end...its all the same. I know going in to relationships that I will eventually break the other person. I tell myself every time that it will be different, but it never is. There comes a point where I panic and I do everything I can to push the other person away. I hurt before being hurt. It's not that I want to...its simply in self defense. The past repeats itself, and I've been broken too many times.

Maybe someday I'll find someone that I'm not afraid of. Someone that will only bend me, not break me. But until then, I'll continue to wear my disguise and tell my lies."

Isra doesn't consider herself harmless. She knows exactly how capable she is of tearing others apart using emotions and words. She's been hurt so often in her life, that hurting others before they hurt her has become her defense mechanism. She prides herself in having a heart of stone and being able to walk away from anyone at any time.

If you can stick around through all of her attempts to push you away, you'll realize that deep down she just wants someone she can trust. She is terrified of falling in love, even though it is the one thing she wants more than anything else. So she keeps trying...she tells lies and becomes someone she's not so she can get close to others to determine if they are worth the risk. So far, no one has been...but she dreams of the day that will change.

[azemyc]

one hour warning!

[azemyc]

closed for judging!

please no good lucks! while nice, they clutter the thread up and make it hard for me to judge while on mobile due to the length of the thread!

[azemyc]

you guys did not make this easy for me

//at all//

I had 13 forms I was considering
//the ideas keep getting better honestly and I just
///judging

anyways;
I'll be offering two RUs for this contest, given my tight schedule it's all I can afford to have time to do this next week
-for RUs, please allow me two weeks to get them done- as I've got a math exam next week that I need to ace |'D-

;v;

first, HMs are;
shatterhowl-
you had a really good presentation of the 'punny' character, and it's not too often I like ideas that are present in other forms but the way you showed the character I just
Tart-
I loved the hats. I love hats. I love quirky hats. Hats are adorable. That is all.
Champion-
Icabod's character was just..... fantastic. The sock puppets were a cute idea and I just
Sun Bear-
Your writing style really conveyed the character heavily here. Over all it was well put together, but didn't really bring out a 'why'.
Cleverify;
The way you wrote really caught my attention. I'm a sucker for different writing styles, and the presentation of character, again, got my attention.



The RUs will go to;
Woof and sweetener!
I just
the ideas here were simplistic and then very very well worded and thought out.

And the winner is;

Orange Juice!
The idea of something like origami really caught my attention. As it's not only an art, but a refined one at that, and it requires time and talent. I could easily see your character doing something like that to convince others he wasn't harmless!

[mal du pays]

congrats you guys!! c: